Rowing device.



No. 8-53,.234.- PATENITE'D' MAY 14,1907.

W. D. GIFT.

ROWING DEVICE.

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No. 853,284. PATENTED MAY 14, 1907.

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ROWING DEVICE.

APFLIOATION FILED 11.24, 1906.

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WILLIAM'D. GIFT, or VERNONJNDIANA.

ROWING DEVICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 14, 1907.

Application filed January 24, 1906. Serial No. 297,637.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM D. GIFT, a citizen of the United States,residing at Vernon, in the county of Jennings, State of Indiana,haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Rowing Devices; andI do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to rowing devices and has for its object toprovide a simple device, by means of which a person may face the bow ofthe boat while rowing.

In the accompanying drawings: Figure 1 is a top plan view of a row-boatshowing my invention applied thereto' Fig. 2 is a detail sectional viewon the line 2--2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a similar view on the line 33 ofFig. 1. Fig. 4 is a detail sectional view through one of the bearingblocks, in a plane at right angles to the plane of Fig. 2, and, Fig. 5is a detail perspective view of one of the end plates for therock-shaft.

Referring to the drawings, the numeral 1 denotes a row-boat of anydesired construction, to thesides of which are secured pairs of spacedbearing blocks 2. One of the bearing blocks 2 of each pair is bifurcatedat its upper end and is provided with a block 3 arranged to seat in thesaid bifurcation and to be held therein by means of a set-screw 4;. Asquared rock shaft 5 is provided at each of its ends with an end plate 6which includes a stem 7, the stem of the end plate at one end of therock shaft being seated in one of the bearing blocks and the other stemat the other end of the said rock-shaft being seated in the bifurcationin the other of said bearing blocks and being held therein by means ofthe block 3 on set-screw 4.

An car 6 has its end bifurcated as at 7 to receive the stem 8 of anapertured knuckle 9 which is engaged with a stud 10 carried by a plate11 which is secured in any suitable manner to one face of the squaredrock shaft 5.

A lever 12 is likewise bifurcated as at 13 and is provided with aknuckle 14 similar in construction to the knuckle 9 and which is engagedwith a stud 15 carried by a plate 16 secured to the said rock shaft.suitable manner to the adjacent faces of the oar 6 and the lever 12 arebrackets 17 including spaced apertured ears 18 between which arereceived knuckles 19 carried by the ends of a connecting rod 20, thesaid knuckles 19 being held between the ears 18 by means of a suitablepivot bolt.

It will be readily seen that movement of the levers 12 in the samemanner as a pair of oars, will cause the oar 6 to have a movement whichis the reverse of that of an ordinary pair of oars.

What is claimed is:

A device of the class described comprising spaced bearings, a rock shafthaving. reduced ends and having one of its ends engaged in a bearingopening formed in one of said members and its other end seated in abifurcation formed in the other bearing member, the opposing walls ofthe bifurcation being parallel, and a bearing block engaged in thebifurcation above the said end of the shaft and having its under faceconcaved to embrace the shaft the said bearing member being providedadjacent its upper face with a recess and with an opening communicatingwith the recess, the bearing block being provided with an opening inalinement with the afore said opening, the other member formed by thebifurcation being provided with a threaded bore, and a bolt engagedthrough the opening and having a threaded end engaged in the bore, thehead of the bolt being seated in the recess formed in the first namedportion of the bearing member.

In testimony whereof, I affix my signature, in presence of twowitnesses.

WILLIAM D. GIFT.

Witnesses:

CHESTER A. BATCHELER, WILLIAM A. HARLOW.

Secured in any

